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South Bay Salt Pond South Bay Salt Pond

Restoration ProjectRestoration Project

Stakeholder Forum MeetingStakeholder Forum Meeting

December 4, 2003December 4, 2003

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Least Sandpipers

Why Restore the South Bay?Why Restore the South Bay?Docent-led Interpretive Tour

1983 Alviso Floods

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Restoration Planning Restoration Planning Mission Mission

To prepare a scientifically sound and To prepare a scientifically sound and

publicly supported restoration and publicly supported restoration and

public access plan that can begin to be public access plan that can begin to be

implemented within five years.implemented within five years.

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Provide:Provide:

• A mix of habitatsA mix of habitats

• Flood Flood

managementmanagement

• Wildlife-oriented Wildlife-oriented

public access and public access and

recreationrecreation

Long-Term Restoration GoalsLong-Term Restoration Goals

1995 Floods – Guadalupe Freeway

Kayakers enjoy touring the sloughs

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Tidal MarshTidal Marsh

Chinook Salmon

California Clapper Rail

© Peter LaTourrette

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Salt PondsSalt Ponds

Western Snowy PloverNorthern Shoveler

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Flood ManagementFlood Management

’95 Floods – Guadalupe River

’95 Floods –1st Street & Orchard Pkwy.

Salt Pond Levees

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Public Access and Public Access and RecreationRecreation• Provide access for Provide access for

existing usersexisting users

• Enhance/expand Enhance/expand recreational accessrecreational access

• Integrate recreation Integrate recreation and wildlife and wildlife protection protection

© David Sanger

Coyote Hills

Visitors at Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge

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Technical IssuesTechnical Issues• Invasive species (e.g., Invasive species (e.g., non-native non-native

cordgrasscordgrass))• Contaminants (e.g., Mercury)Contaminants (e.g., Mercury)• Land subsidence and sea level riseLand subsidence and sea level rise• Sediment availabilitySediment availability• Protecting existing infrastructureProtecting existing infrastructure• Monitoring and adaptive managementMonitoring and adaptive management

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Phase Out and Initial Phase Out and Initial StewardshipStewardship• Cargill is currently phasing out of Cargill is currently phasing out of

salt production.salt production.

• DFG and FWS will manage ponds DFG and FWS will manage ponds as Cargill completes phase out.as Cargill completes phase out.

• Initial Stewardship until Long-Initial Stewardship until Long-Term Restoration Plan is implemented.Term Restoration Plan is implemented.

• Bay waters will be circulated in Bay waters will be circulated in ponds to prevent salt buildup.ponds to prevent salt buildup.

© Cargill Salt

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Initial StewardshipInitial Stewardship

• AlvisoAlviso

• BaumbergBaumberg